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Child feedings in less developed countries: induced breast feeding in a transitional society
(Pediatric Nutrition. Infant Feeding- Deficiencies - Diseases. F. Lifshitz, ed., Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York (1982) p. 35-53, 1982)
Breast feeding is the best promoter of growth and health of infants in traditional
and transitional societies. Supplementation with semisolid and solid foods is
generally required after 3-6 months in most developing ...
El ambiente biológico y el estado nutricional
El ambiente biológico y el estado nutricional
(Análisis de la situación alimentania-nutricional en Costa Rica. Secretaría de la Política Nacional de Alimentación y Nutrición. L. Sánz, editor. p.113-129, 1981., 1981)
Los estados de buena o mala nutrición -y sus grados intermedios- son el resultado de la interacción del huésped (el hombre) con su ambiente. Se entiende por ambiente todo aquello que rodea al ser humano y que es capaz de ...
Diarrhea and malnutrition, research priorities: Research Priorities
(Diarrhea and malnutrition: interactions, mechanisms, and interventions; Plenum Press p 305 308, 1983)
There have been many recent advances in our understanding of the etiology, pathogenesis, mechanisms, and management of acute and chronic diarrheal disease. Many studies have investigated the role of diarrhea in producing ...
Promotion of breast-feeding, health, and growth among hospital-born neonates, and among infants of a rural area of Costa Rica
(Diarrhea and Malnutrition. Interactions, Mechanisms, and Interventions.Editors: Lincoln C. Chen, Nevin S. Scrimshaw, 1983,177-202, 1983)
decline in the incidence of breast-feeding in many developing nations
\--as been recorded in recent years, often in conjunction with (a) rapid
changes in way of life, (b) migration from rural to urban,- centers, ...
Breast-feeding, infections and infant outcomes: an international perspective
(1990)
Most rural mothers from Puriscal, a typical transitional population in Costa Rica, breastfeed their infants; more than one half breast-feed beyond 6 months. This situation was brought about by commencement of rooming-in ...
Giardiasis: Impact on child growth
(1986)
Chronic disorders of the gastrointestinal tract may impair physical growth during infancy and childhood. Growth retardation has been particularly well documented in children with Crohn's disease and coeliac disease in which ...
Efectos de la expansión bananera sobre la salud humana y el sistema ecológico
(1993)
Los europeos que arribaron al territorio de Costa Rica, le encontraron virtualmente recubierto de un manto de bosques y selvas milenarios, además de áreas menores de manglares y páramos, y algunos escasos claros con ...
Agentes etiológicos infecciosos de la diarrea
(1985)
En los últimos años, se ha logrado comprender mejor la epidemiología de la diarrea, aunque todavía muchos sectores, incluso profesionales, persisten en La creencia popular de que el síndrome es causado por "indigestión" ...
Environmental factors affecting nutrition and growth
(1985)
Epidemiologic studies in tropical and subtropical regions highlighted the interaction between malnutrition and infectious disease and its contribution to determining morbidity and mortality in developing countries. There ...
Etiología viral de las diarreas
(Enfermedades diarreicas en el niño 7 ed Ediciones Médicas del Hospital Infantil de México p 111-119, 1981)
Durante muchos años, los investigadores se han esforzado en buscar la explicación
etimológica de las diarreas denominadas "no-bacterianas" o "no-especificas", las
cuales se presentan ya en forma aislada y esporadica, o ...